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Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

9th Annual Octavofest Celebration - October 2017

Join us in celebrating Northeast Ohio’s active community of book and paper innovators and our magnificent library and museum collections of fine and rare books during Octavofest 2017! Events will highlight The Artistry of Children’s Books.

Below are this year's Octavofest events at Cleveland State University and the Michael Schwartz Library:

Pop-Up Books for EveryoneOctober 2- December 15, 2017Michael Schwartz Library, first floorAn exhibit of movable books from the collection of Glenda Thornton, Director of the Michael Schwartz Library, CSU.The exhibit is free and open to the public during Library Hours.

Play with Pop-Up BooksOctober 9, 2017, 3:00 - 4:00 pm and October 17, 2017, 4:00 - 5:00 pmMichael Schwartz Library, first floorFree and open to the publicGlenda Thornton takes you on a hands-on exploration of some of the amazing and imaginative books in her Movable Book Collection. The books, themselves, cover a wide variety of topics spanning from the fantastic (fables, fairy tales, superheroes, mythical beasts) to the more mundane (technology and science).

WatchArt! with Art Books Cleveland MembersOctober 17, 2017, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Main Classroom, 1st floor lobbyFree and open to the public Come meet, talk with, and watch the book artists of Art Books Cleveland (ABC) work on book projects.

Books that Move: 700 years of Innovation and ArtistryOctober 31, 2017, 3 - 4 pmMichael Schwartz Library, Rhodes Tower, Room 502Free and open to the publicGlenda Thornton, Director of the CSU Michael Schwartz Library, will present "Books that Move: 700 years of Innovation and Artistry". An exhibit of her collection of movable books will be on display in the Library in October.

Euromonitor - Passport will be available on a trial basis to the CSU community until December 15th. Find it on our Research Databases page. Take the Passport Survey -- Once you've tried Euromonitor - Passport, let us know what you think about this service.